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Mikhail Tal quotes: To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.

To play for a draw (at any rate with White) is to some degree a crime against chess.

Mikhail Tal quotes: Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.

Quiet moves often make a stronger impression than a wild combination with heavy sacrifices.

Mikhail Tal quotes: Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.

Without technique it is impossible to reach the top in chess, and therefore we all try to borrow from Capablanca his wonderful, subtle technique.

Mikhail Tal quotes: Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine

Mikhail Tal quotes: There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine

Mikhail Tal quotes: I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player.

I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player.

Mikhail Tal quotes: Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent

Later, I began to succeed in decisive games. Perhaps because I realized a very simple truth: not only was I worried, but also my opponent

Mikhail Tal quotes: Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination stirred by the possibilities of chess.

Mikhail Tal quotes: If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.

If (Black) is going for victory, he is practically forced to allow his opponent to get some kind of well-known positional advantage.

Mikhail Tal quotes: First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.

First, how to sac my queen, then rook, then bishop, then knight, then pawns.

Mikhail Tal quotes: It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer

It is difficult to play against Einstein's theory -on his first loss to Fischer

Mikhail Tal quotes: If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.

If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring.

Mikhail Tal quotes: Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.

Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chess heavens.

Mikhail Tal quotes: Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

Fischer is Fischer, but a knight is a knight!

Mikhail Tal quotes: I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

I have always thought it a matter of honour for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.

Mikhail Tal quotes: ...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present.JOURNALIST. And your plans.PLAYER. To play!

...That is my biography from the first day of my chess life to the present.

JOURNALIST. And your plans.
PLAYER. To play!

Mikhail Tal quotes: As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I realize that the king is not in danger.

As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I realize that the king is not in danger.

Mikhail Tal quotes: Young man, consider that the train has left, and all you can do is loudly slam the door in farewell.

Young man, consider that the train has left, and all you can do is loudly slam the door in farewell.

Mikhail Tal quotes: You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one

Mikhail Tal quotes: For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein.

For pleasure you can read the games collections of Andersson and Chigorin, but for benefit you should study Tarrasch, Keres and Bronstein.

Mikhail Tal quotes: I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.

I like to grasp the initiative and not give my opponent peace of mind.

Mikhail Tal quotes: When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'

When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!'